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Way With Words

John Banville’s latest publications are the novel Mrs Osmond, and Times Pieces: A Dublin Memoir. He is the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the Austrian State Prize for Literature, the Kafka Prize and the Prince of Asturias Award. He has written a number of crime novels under the pen-name Benjamin Black. He is also a screenwriter, playwright and book reviewer. He lives in Dublin. Join John as he reads from Mrs Osmond and Times Pieces: A Dublin Memoir and discusses what it is like to move between writing genres so fluidly. He is renowned for his work both nationally and internationally. Mrs Osmond: Isabel Osmond has fled Rome and her oppressive marriage after discovering her husband’s shocking, years-long betrayal of her. Arriving in London, she is determined to resume her youthful quest for freedom and independence. Soon Isabel must return to Italy and confront her husband, and seek to break his powerful hold on her. But will she succeed in outwitting him, and securing her revenge? ‘Crackles with threat, energy and malice......Astonishing’, Jeffrey Eugenides, The New York Times ‘Masterly....Banville is a great storyteller. Full of page-turning suspenses that keep you guessing’ Observer